Thinking, planning, and dreaming about your unborn child is part of pregnancy, and for most people, includes a bit of anxiety. A lurking fear that the baby will not be healthy is common, but even more so for Lisa Martin, who’s first baby was born with Autism, and who was 36 when she became pregnant for [...]

You might be surprised at how many expecting women might call themselves “depressed.” Whether it’s due to the hormones, the many changes your body is undergoing, etc, many women find pregnancy to be hard physically and emotionally. So what are just “normal” mood swings, and what warrents an appointment with a therapist?
Ask Moxie answers this question with [...]

I think this blog just may have the most comments ever written on a pregnancy entry.
Maybe it’s the humor. Maybe it’s the pictures. But it’s pretty funny, considering just who the pregnant gals are…

Researchers recently found that educational videos, like the Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby series, may actually hinder kids’ development. The babies who watched an hour or more of TV a day knew fewer words than babies who never watched the videos. So, is TV really bad for little ones? Key in on the debate and [...]

We all do pregnancy differently, but did your early pregnancy symptoms include a migrane and the need to dye your hair? Here’s a light read detailing one woman’s discovery that she was, indeed, pregnant!

You may feel like a huge, lethargic couch potato, or you may be hanging over the toilet bowl every morning, but when you look in the mirror you still want to feel good about yourself!
Liz Lange gives us some tips on how you look and feel good throught your pregnancy.
1.  Dress
“The best thing to do on [...]

This rant is directed toward the American (ie Western) misconceptions and judgements about how a baby should be handled, when it should be fed, put to sleep, held, etc. My head began turning when a good friend of mine stated, “When a kid is old enough to ask for it, it’s time to stop nursing!” [...]

People Magazine loudly proclaims: “Talk about camera ready! A mere nine weeks after giving birth to daughter Ashby Grace, Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell has lost 24 of her 30 lbs. of pregnancy weight.”  They even have a photo of Mrs. O’Dell looking lean and lovely, with her new baby girl.
O’Dell credits her quick shedding of [...]

Some mothers notice that their babies enjoy foods they themeselves enjoyed (or ate a lot of) while pregnant. On the flip side, if there was something mommy could not tolerate during pregnancy, sometimes baby won’t touch it either!
Seems there is a scientific basis for this interesting trend. A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition [...]

Most people know that smoking is harmful to a growing fetus.  But unless you know exactly what could go wrong, it may be difficult to give up this addiction. Currently, 13% of American women smoke while pregnant.  According to the U.S. Public Health Service, there would be an estimated 10 percent reduction in infant deaths [...]